Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freshmen in the quad. I have thought about this a good deal in the course of the past two years; in addition to serving as Head Tutor in the Economics Department, I lived for two years in Comstock Hall, a quad dorm with roughly half freshmen and half upperclassmen. I also taught Ec 10 four times (twice as a North House section...
...advantages of four class living cannot be denied. I saw for two years the benefits derived by freshmen from the presence of upperclassmen. These benefits are social and psychological as well as academic and cannot be achieved in any other...
...that his generous gift would someday force freshmen out of the Quad Houses. But that, in effect, is what will happen, if the discussion at Wednesday's special meeting of the Committee on House and Undergraduate Life is any indication. And even if the Quad does not house only upperclassmen within a year or two, Canaday's gift will have sparked a long often rancorous debate among students, masters, and administrators about the future of the House system...
...Crimson's majority position is inconsistent. On one hand, it correctly presents diversity in House styles as a desirable goal. The Quad has shown that four-year Houses offer several advantages for both freshmen and upperclassmen. These advantages argue persuasively for keeping the Quad Houses as four-year Houses, in part to let these advantages compensate for any perceived disadvantages of living at the Quad...
...House assignment system that ignores student preferences. The advantages that a diverse housing system offers can be fully realized only when students are allowed to choose among alternatives or at least to express a preference. By not giving incoming freshmen a choice of living at the Quad with upperclassmen or offering upperclassmen the choice of living at the Quad with freshmen, the supposed alternative becomes meaningless...